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In the text below, where you see "Drop Dhadow", read "Outline".

Try MaR-V-iN's AlphaSpace plugin. I think it will do the job exactly like you want it.

Have we had yet anyone born a Paint.NET expert? Unless there's been a dramatic development in bio-engineering I'm not aware of, all were definitely newbies at one time.

You can easily save each layer as aseparate file using Layer Saver but in this case I don't think it's necessasry. Just save your work as a *.pdn file. That will save all the layers, as they are, in one file.

Although a polygon selection tool would be nice, you can still use the line tool as described by pdnnoob above. I think you got the 15-degree limitation of the Line Tool wrong. The line tool will draw a straight line at whatever angle you want it to. The 15-degree incerements limit only applies when you press and hold the Shift key on the keyboard. This is so by design in order to help users draw perfect horizontal, vertical etc. lines. Using this method, I rarely have to get the lines to join perfectly. I usually just overdraw the lines in order to make sure that they do join and do not bother if they overshoot out of my intended selection area. If you overshoot the lines far enough, you won't have any problem starting the next line at the same end of your intended selection. Alternatively, do as I do and start the next line at the end away from the line you have just drawn. Another alternative is to press Ctrl+D to deselect (deactivate) the line you have just drawn. I hope the above make sense.

I use same dragging and stretching of pixels method quite a lot. In this case, if you select a row of "green" pixels on the right and then, using the Move Selection tool, drag the middle node on the left of the selection accross the image stopping just short of the white triangle, you wouldn't have to worry about recreating the triangle. Should you need a second or more triangles on the bottom row, just select the one on the left with the Rectangle Selection tool, copy and paste it where it's needed and gausian blur. You can then type in your new text on a layer above. This would still leave you with the problem of matching the font with the text on the top row. You can erase the text in the top row using the same method and type in new text for both rows using the same font, similar to the one for the text you're trying to change. I agree with mountnman that it's easier to do a new one from scratch and that's what I'd do if it was me, but the above will help NotAnArtist10 get more confident with using Paint.NET.

I would also like to see something like a snap-to tool/effect. I understand it may be difficult so I don't hold my breath waiting for it. In the meantime, depending on the situation, I use the method described above by pdnnoob, moc426's Align plugin like Simon Brown suggests or MadJik's Paneling Effect.

I answered the same question you asked on the Circle Text thread.

Do you mean clone the same area multiple times on different parts of the same image? Yes and No! No, because the clone "anchor" is always relative to the position of the stamp/brush. Yes, if you do it on another layer.

... not to mention Liquify.

When saving as JPG and fiddling with the compression, the file size is computed and displayed on the top.

I like the idea! It could be very useful for custom palettes. On the other hand, after one has been working on the same project and with the same palette for a few hours, the tooltips could get very annoying. So, I propose to whoever has the knowledge/skills/time/inclination/will to implement such a wonderful feature, to consider a lag of, say, two seconds before the tooltip pops up.

What font are you using? What you describe is normal for "dirty" fonts, graffiti fonts, handwriting fonts or, simply, low quality fonts. Also, some fonts show better at a smaller size and some at a larger size. Try changing the font and see what happens. Test using one of the non-serif fonts that come with Windows like Arial, Verdana or Tahoma.

MadJik, I read the thread you linked to and I don't think it is relevant in this case. rickduley does not ask how to apply a series of rotations to gradually change the perspective of one image. What he wants is to apply an identical rotation/perspective change to a series of images.

Like welshblue suggested, Layers - Rotate / Zoom should work better, especially for a series of images. For the first image, press Ctrl-Shift-Z on the keyboard (or click Layers on the menu and then Rotate / Zoom). Play with the Twist Radius angle until you get the effect you are looking for, make a note of the angle, press OK. As long as you keep Paint.NET open, Ctrl-Shift-Z for all subsequest images will open the Layers - Rotate / Zoom dialogue box with the same Twist Radius angle suggested and you'll only have to press OK. Hence your "setting mechanism" to guarantee a "constant isometric effect". If you close Paint.NET and re-open it, you'll just have to type the correct angle in the Twist Radius field.

I downloaded it and I can't wait to start playing with it. Your Example B.4.b gave me the idea that it could be useful in certain situations that may otherwise require the use of Conditional Hue/Saturation that I could never master.

Brad, please accept my apologies for posting in your feature request thread. "... (You can click+hold the selection before using the arrow keys to prevent this, [...] new users who don't know this trick would appreciate the change.)" I'm not really a new user but I do not know this trick. Worse, I don't get it. Please elaborate.

I think what would do the job, in both situations you describe above, is the Gradient Tool in Transparency mode. Have a look at this: http://www.getpaint....adientTool.html Edit: Beaten by mountman and his new avatar

EER, something for the April update: I couldn't find evanold's Quadrilateral Reshape in the index. No Q's at all in the index.

I think the closest you can get to that in Paint.Net is the Quadrilateral Reshape plugin, part of Evan's Effects collection.

I think pyrochild meant it as an oxymoron... he wasn't looking for an answer.

How to install plugins.

No problem. You'll find lots of members, far more knowlegable than me, ready to help you with whenever you need help. Nice Glass Ball. You'll find that it looks much better if you use BoltBait's Feather plugin on the shadow layer. And your shadow will be more in line with the tutorial if you make the gradient transparent in the middle and darker on the edge, rather than the other the way you did it.

I take it you mean steps 8 and 9 of the tutorial. In step 8 you should still have the original circle selected. On a new layer, draw a black & transparent radial gradient inside the selection. In step 9, use the Move Tool to move the gradient you drew in step 8. Click on the top nob (knob? nib? handle?) of the selection and drag it down to about half the original height. Click on the right nob of the selection and drag to the right, about half again the original width. If needed, click anywhere inside the selection and adjust the position of the shadow/gradient so that the bottom of the shadow lines up with the circle/ball, like in the example image. Press Crtl+D to deselect all. Lower the opacity as needed. You can ignore the rest of step 9, "Now that we are done with the selection of the circle...". I suspect that was written for an earlier version of the tutorial and then Sharp must have forgotten to delete it after an update.

I usually type Greek into MS Word and then copy-paste it into PDN. Provided I choose the right font all is well. Perhaps this could be the solution in your case too.